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noun ADJ. mere, passive | interested | paying | cricket, football, sports, etc. QUANT. crowd SPECTATOR + VERB gather, turn up | line sth Spectators lined the route of the president's walkabout. | applaud (sb/sth), boo (sb/sth), cheer (sb/sth) SPECTATOR + NOUN event, sport
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someone who watches something
spectator
someone who watches an event, especially a sports event:
• There were 4,500 spectators at the game. • a crowd of spectators
viewer
someone who watches television:
• Millions of television viewers listened to the President’s speech. • programmes for younger viewers
audience
the people who watch a play or performance, or the people who watch a particular television programme:
• The audience roared with laughter and clapped. • It attracted a television audience of seven million.
onlooker
someone who watches something happening without being involved in it, especially in the street:
• A man was standing on the roof, watched by a crowd of onlookers below.
observer
someone who watches and pays attention to particular situations and events, because they are interested in them, or it is their job:
• She was a shrewd observer of human nature. • a political observer who writes for The Independent newspaper • The United Nations has sent military observers to the Sudan.
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